diff --git a/api.py b/api.py
index 2f57896..7678427 100644
--- a/api.py
+++ b/api.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
 from aiohttp import web
 from typing import NamedTuple
 import json
diff --git a/nsfw.py b/nsfw.py
index 755223d..68b5f42 100644
--- a/nsfw.py
+++ b/nsfw.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
 from weakref import ref as WeakRef
 from pathlib import Path
 from tqdm import tqdm
diff --git a/translation.py b/translation.py
index 2e6eea9..3f1d63e 100644
--- a/translation.py
+++ b/translation.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ language code. Text fragments after a language directives are translated.
 If the language is `en` text is passed through unmodified.
 """
 
+from __future__ import annotations
 import re
 from functools import cache
 from typing import NamedTuple